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Based on your work in the Unit 3 Macro Analysis Paper and the Unit 6 Macro Analysis Presentation, you now develop a program that eliminates a gap you identified in your research surrounding the selected problem. You need to do additional research to support the social service program you develop. Additionally, you need to interview an expert in the problem area for guidance on strategies and skills in the development of a program.Identify and describe a problem that arises from a gap in the existing best practice strategies.
Assess this gap based on what you learned when completing your previous macro-level assignments in Units 3 and 6.
Explain how the problem emerged from your previous macro-level analysis.
Develop a social service program to address the identified problem, using multiple sources of knowledge, including research-based knowledge and practice wisdom. Use the following format:
Vision statement.
Mission statement.
Goals.
Objectives.
Methods and activities.
Implementation plan.
Evaluation metrics.
Identify the method of evaluating the program. Be sure it identifies how you know if the program is helpful or not, and how you measure change in your social service program.
Integrate technology into the program. Identify at least one technology (or way to use technology) in your program and support your chosen method with content from your literature review.
Integrate theory by using multiple sources of research and practice wisdom in the social service program.
Use this section as an annotated bibliography to show content you have learned about theory and how to use it in your program.
Reflect on the process of developing a social service program to target a specific problem. In your reflection:
Demonstrate how you integrated theory and practice when completing this assignment.
Write your summary from the annotated bibliography above as it synthesizes the literature more directly to address your identified problem.
Provide leadership in promoting sustainable change in service delivery.
Evaluate the feasibility and sustainability of the program. Support your assessment with peer-reviewed literature.
Discuss how you provide leadership in promoting sustainable change in service delivery and practice.

 

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22.1% with SEN and 69.5% without SEN, a gap of 47.4 percentage points. Both statistics would suggest that inclusion of SEN students in mainstream schools is improving attainment, self-esteem and life chances. Therefore this would suggest that the implementation of the EA has had a positive impact on the inclusion of SEN and within that group, disabled students, improving their attainment

What next for SEN provision in schools?

The Lamb Inquiry was set up by the government in 2009 to investigate parental views of the SEN system and improvements that could be introduced. Parents and students were interviewed and were asked about their experiences of provision. According to Lamb (2009) the SEN system was in need of a radical overhaul, and the focus for SEN and disabled students had to have a greater emphasis on the outcomes and progression for these students after school. It also stated that there has to be a stronger voice for parents in order to build confidence in the system and that schools have to be more accountable through monitoring and reporting. Lamb (2009) states that a school cannot be a good school unless it caters properly for all children it is there to serve.
The latest SEN initiative to be introduced is the Children and Families Bill which according to The Secretary of State for Education (2013 p3) ‘the Bill has a dual focus on vulnerable children and to put ambitions for strong families at the heart of those ambitions. The government hopes that the measures will improve services for vulnerable children and transform the special educational needs system. The promotion of children’s rights is to be the main issue for the Bill’.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (2012) was asked to analyse the Children and Families Bill to ensure that the government’s proposals would comply with the requirements of the Equality Act 2010 and the Human Rights Act 1998. They also assessed the Bill to ensure it compl

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